P2 Spanned files

[Shane Ross]

Import them normally and then put them together on the timeline. If you want the spanned clips to be one clip, then export the timeline as a self contained Quicktime Movie and then reimport it.

Shane

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[Travis]

I’ve tried that but it won’t import them. It comes up as an unkown file. Even trying to follow the FCP directions by renaming the reel and such isn’t working. I can’t get them imported together or seperately. Has anyone actually dealt with the spanned clips and if so how? I shot a documentary and so anything over 4GB turns into a spanned clip. Any other wisdom?

[Shane Ross]

What version of FCP do you have? Not that it should matter. I have captured clips that spanned over 5 cards and haven’t had an issue.

Can they play back fine in the camera?

Shane

FCP Preferences set to UNCONTROLLED ADVICE
Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Uli Plank]

I’d second this. Since updating to version 5.1.2 I didn’t have any problems with files spanning cards. They only need to be online at the same time: either mounted as cards or directories on a harddisk all pointed to under “path”. The MXF-importer will do the rest and string them together.

Regards,

Uli

Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.

[Travis]

Thanks for your willingness to help me solve this problem. I have FCP 5.1.2 on the system. I’ve been able to import the incomplete files that cover two cards. I was evan able to import a spanned file that went over two cards. I had to do each card seperately for it to work though. Together the two cards wouldn’t work. I still can’t get them in. I have one spanned file on one card, which is now on a hard drive. (all of these clips are on a hard drive) This card I’ve been able to ingest clips before the spanned file into FCP as quicktimes and after the spanned file as quicktimes on the same card. So I’m a little confused as to why I can’t get the spanned file, in the middle of the card to import. I know the names of the two files that it’s split into, just not sure how to get it into the system from there. Here’s what happens when I drop the file into the import window on the P2 import window. The clip begins to act like it’s going in, then it says: 1 clip queued-idle and the status symbol when going into the window is a stop sign shape with an exclamation point in the middle of it and when I drag my mouse over it it says ‘error no data’. I’ve checked the folder that it lives in currently and there is 7 gigs or so. It also did this on the similar spanned clip that was on two cards, yet when I put them in one at a time it worked. Am I not doing some basic step? or what? Hope someone can help a begging editor! Thanks for attempting to help so far.